Vatican

See also: vatican

English edit

Etymology edit

From Latin Vātī̆cānus (“Vatican Hill”), from vāticinārī (“to prophesy, oracle”), from vātēs (“soothsayer, prophet”) +‎ cinor (“to sing”) (the latter is from canō), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂t- (“to be excited, inspired, possessed”). “Vatican”, a name dating back to the Roman Republic, would be the place from where prophecies would be issued. Cognate to English Woden, which is from the same Indo-European root (see there).

Pronunciation edit

(UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈvæ.tɪ.kən/
Audio (US) (file)

Proper noun edit

the Vatican

The official residence of the Pope within Vatican City, the Vatican or Apostolic Palace.
(metonymically) The papal government; the papacy, the Holy See.
A city-state in Southern Europe, an enclave within the city of Rome, Italy. Official name: Vatican City State.
The Vatican Hill in Rome, where the palace and Vatican City are located.
- 1856, The Art of Building in Ancient and Modern Times […], volume 1, page 75:
  He [Caligula] began to build a circus upon the Vatican.

Derived terms edit

Translations edit

state

Afrikaans: Vatikaanstad, Vatikaan
Albanian: Vatikan m
Amharic: ቫቲካን (vatikan)
Arabic: الْفَاتِيكَان f (al-fatikān) (definite), الْفَاتِيكَان f (al-vatikān) (definite)
Armenian: Վատիկան (hy) (Vatikan)
Aromanian: Vãtican m
Azerbaijani: Vatikan (az)
Belarusian: Ватыка́н m (Vatykán)
Bengali: ভ্যাটিকান (bn) (bhêṭikan)
Bulgarian: Ватика́на (bg) f (Vatikána)
Burmese: ဗာတီကန် (batikan)
Catalan: Vaticà (ca) m
Cherokee: ᏪᏗᎧᏂ (wedikani), ᏩᏘᎧᏂ (watikani)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 梵蒂岡／梵蒂冈 (zh) (Fàndìgāng)
Czech: Vatikán (cs) m
Danish: Vatikanet n (definite form), Vatikanstaten (da) c (post-1929 state)
Dhivehi: ވެޓިކަން (veṭikan̊)
Dutch: Vaticaan (nl) n
Esperanto: Vatikano (eo)
Estonian: Vatikan (et)
Farefare: Vatikan
Finnish: Vatikaani (fi)
French: Vatican (fr) m
Galician: Vaticano m
Georgian: ვატიკანი (vaṭiḳani)
German: Vatikan (de) m
Greek: Βατικανό (el) n (Vatikanó)
Hebrew: הוַותִיקָן f (vatikán)
Hindi: वेटिकन m (veṭikan)
Hungarian: Vatikán (hu)
Indonesian: Vatikan (id)
Irish: An Vatacáin f
Italian: Vaticano m
Japanese: バチカン (ja) (Bachikan)
Kazakh: Ватикан (kk) (Vatikan)
Khmer: វ៉ាទីកង់ (vaatiikɑng)
Korean: 바티칸 (ko) (Batikan), 바띠까노 (ko) (Battikkano) (North Korea)
Kyrgyz: Ватикан (Vatikan)
Lao: ວາຕິກັນ (wā ti kan), ວາຕິກັງ (wā ti kang), ວາຕິກັງ (wā ti kang)
Latin: Vātī̆cānus m
Latvian: Vatikāns (lv) m
Lithuanian: Vatikanas (lt) m
Macedonian: Ва́тикан (mk) m (Vátikan)
Malay: Vatikan (ms)
Maori: Watikana, Whatikana
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: Ватикан (Vatikan)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Vatikan n
Persian:
Dari: وَاتِیکَان (fa) (wātīkān)

Iranian Persian: واتیکان (fa) (vâtikân)
Polish: Watykan (pl) m
Portuguese: Vaticano (pt) m
Romanian: Vatican (ro) m or n
Russian: Ватика́н (ru) m (Vatikán)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Ва̏тика̄н m

Roman: Vȁtikān (sh) m
Sinhalese: වතිකානු (watikānu)
Slovak: Vatikán (sk) m
Slovene: Vatikan (sl) m
Spanish: Vaticano (es) m
Swedish: Vatikan (sv) n
Tagalog: Batikano
Tajik: Вотикон (tg) (Votikon)
Telugu: వాటికన్ (vāṭikan)
Thai: วาติกัน (waa-dtì-gan)
Turkish: Vatikan (tr)
Turkmen: Watikan
Ukrainian: Ватика́н (uk) m (Vatykán)
Urdu: ویٹِیکَن m (veṭīkan)
Uzbek: Vatikan (uz)
Vietnamese: Va-ti-căng
Yiddish: וואַטיקאַן m (vatikan)

Adjective edit

Vatican (not comparable)

Relating to the Vatican City state.

Translations edit

Relating to the Vatican City state

Afrikaans: Vatikaans
Aromanian: vãticãnescu m, vãticãneascã f
Catalan: vaticà
Dutch: Vaticaans (nl)
Farefare: vatikan
French: vatican (fr) m
Galician: vaticano
German: vatikanisch (de)
Irish: Vatacánach, na Vatacáine
Italian: vaticano (it)
Macedonian: ватика́нски (vatikánski)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: vatikansk

Nynorsk: vatikansk
Polish: watykański (pl) m
Portuguese: vaticano (pt)
Romanian: vatican
Russian: ватика́нский (ru) (vatikánskij)
Spanish: vaticano (es)
Swahili: vatikani (sw)
Swedish: vatikansk (sv)
Tagalog: batikano
Ukrainian: вати́канський (uk) (vatýkansʹkyj)

References edit

“Vatican”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams edit

Vacanti